The Sun. — London, England, 1838-01-12 00:00:00

MAII.J. Arrived. Due Arrived. Due. • A MertC.4 4$ 1 France .... 0 O Pratd Guern. Fi Jersey 0 0 ncenqa Ayres 0 0 Hamburg 1 O 0 0 nd . ..... Duthn... t) mama ...... Flanders Arrived. Due o 0 Malta 0 Mexico 0 n • Sweden. • 1 Waterford...—. 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ..... 50 minutes after 3 I Evening ...... 3 minutes after 4 CONFLAGRATION. -TOTAL DESTRUC TION OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. The best account of this .calamitons occurrence, an historical de scription of the building, with most ample details of the loss of in-o p,rty, incidents at the tire, &c. &e., will appear in the WEEKLY CHRONICLE of to-morrow morning ; which will also contain an authentic portrait and autograph of M. Papineau, with full parti lars of the war in Canada. The publication of Tux StrNNavi 9 PAPER wan:towed this day it 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. WIT 6 WHICH " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, lass. irony to the fact, that before a single election had taken place in Ireland, the determination of the Tory party to petition against the return of Liberal Members was deliberately taken. To carry this determination into effect —or, in other words, to wage indiscriminate war against the Liberal electors of Ireland—the SPOTTIS- • WOODE conspiracy was organized, under the auspices of a man who has amassed a large quantity of the public money in his coffers, and who no doubt thought that it could not be better employed than in under mining public liberty. Such being the character of the SPorriswoomt subscription, 'and such the object of its promoters, it is scarcely necessary to say that no comparison can be drawn between it, and that whose object is to defend the constitutional rights thus assailed, and which, without such defence, are in imminent danger of being overwhelmed. Nor ought we to confine our views to the immediate effects of this wholesale attack upon the rights of the Irish constituencies. Let it but succeed—let the seats of the Members, against whom this deadly set is made be left undefended through the want of ability to meet the expense which must be incurred by their defence—and a pre• cedent is formed which we may rest assured will be di ligently acted upon in future. Henceforth none but numerous and wealthy constituencies will enjoy the privilege of returning Members of whose political prin ciples the Tories disapprove. We therefore hope and trust, that every man who regards the exercise of the elective franchise as a sacred constitutional right, will use his best exertions to promote a subscription set on foot, for the sole purpose of protecting this right against an attack more unprincipled in its nature, and more dangerous in its consequences, than any that has ever been made upon it since the Commons were first represented in Parliament. There is no country on the face of the earth in which the relations that should subsist between land lord and tenant have been so utterly lost sight of, t , the manifest injury of the latter, as Ireland. In al:nos every other quarter of the globe, some regard h always been paid towards improving the social condi tion and multiplying the comforts of the occupiers ~ the soil, except Ireland ; which has added to ou vocabulary the too ill-omened words " Absenteeis aria Rack-rent." Here is the only place where th rich wring all they can from the sweat of th poor, and yet afterwards leave the poor, not in a state of comparative comfort, but absolutely without the means in many cases of sustenance necessary t 4 support a miserable existence. Here is the onl place which sends forth a petty sort of nabob laude proprietary with splendid incomes, derived from th ei over-taxed labour of a population, who are periodically! sutFered by those whose bounden duty it is to guard them Against such a calamity, to become the victi of that most frightful of all earthly scourges—famin Who can bear of such splendid fetes of such Iris absentees as the Marquis of HERTFORD—whether th' locality he in the gay Italian Cassino, where the so _ zephyr has hardly power' to waft the mingled fragrance of orange bowers, with the melting tones :of the plea sant lute--or in the glittering saloons in the Regent's park, and not feel the bitterness of sorrow come over his mind, to think of the wretched creatures who are pining in want to produce such luxury ? What an outburst of philanthrophy used to stun our ears, in favour of the African bondsmen in our West Indian colonies—yet we have no WILBERFORCES or Bux- TONS to raise their voices in favour of the abolition of white slavery in Ireland—and that too, coupled with what the negro serfs had never to complain of—starva tion. It is refreshing for us, however, to know tha there are some I r i s h l an d e d propr i etors who do not imi tate so hea r tl ess an examp l e ; and i t is with pleasur,, that w e can p l ace at t h e h ead of so meritorious a clas ' the Lond on C ompan i es, who have, generally speak ing, ev er ev i nce d a consc i ousness of the obligation imposed on t h em as t h e lords of the soil, and a readi ness at considerable sacrifice to perform them. Far be it from us, while we acknowledg e that the London Companies have done a great deal, to be supposed to give it as our opinion, that taking them collectively they have done anything like what the immense re venue derived from their Irish estates could have en . abled them to accomplish—still, we must remembe . that a reforming spirit has not been long abroad and that, if they have done but little corn' I pared with what they ought to have don ' yet that they have far outstripped the majority o Irish landlords in their benevolent exertions, an , that what they did do, was performed during th times of corruption. The Honourable, the Irish So' ciety, the Governor of which is Sir MATTHE WOOD, for a length of time was rather negligent i exercising that wholesome control over the res of the Companies which the charter places in its hands ; and therefore, the alienation of pro perty, especially by the Goldsmith' s Company, in conjunction with the Middleman system of letting land, which has operated so perniciously in Ireland, and has tended perhaps as much as anything else to preven improvement, was suffered to exist to a considerable extent ; it is, however, right to state that since the body has undergone a change in its constitution, for which we have to thank such efficient civic Reformers as our excellent and venerable friend ALEXANDER GALLOWAY, and since the appointment of Mr. DAVIES to the important office of Secretary, which must always be important either for good or evil in a fleeting body which is annually changing its mem bers, that a wonderful improvement has taken place ; and that the Irish Ssciety might now be cited as an example to the very best landlords in the sister country. While upon this subject, it affords us much gratification to be able to announce that Mr. ED WARD FLETCHER, the Chairman of the late Enter tainment Committee, has been appointed the general agent of the Society, and has therefore taken his de parture for Ireland. It is sufficient to name this gentle man to satisfy every one acquainted with his public character, or private worth, that the most beneficial results may reasonably be anticipated from so judicious an appointment. In another part of our paper will be found the Re solutions passed at a Meeting of Reformers held at the British Coffee-house, Cozkspur-street, to which we beg the particular attention of our readers. The object of the Meeting was to set on foot a subscription for the purpose of defending those scats in Parliament which have been singled out for attack by that notorious set of conspirators against the elective rights of the people, commonly known by the style and title of the 44 SPOTTISWOODE Gang." The Meeting calls upon the Reformers throughout the United Kingdom to in stitute similar subscriptions, and we cannot doubt that theca!l will be responded to with an alacrity proportioned to the important bearing which the SPOTTISWOODE petitions may have upon the interests of Reform. We shall probably be told by the organs of Toryism, whose trade is misrepresentation, that the Reformers in raising subscriptions for such a purpose are doing the very same thing which they denounce as so criminal in their political opponents. But the dis tinction between the two cases is so broad and palpable that it cannot be overlooked by any but the wilfully blind. The subscription in the one case is aggressive—in the other dcfensive. This, however, though highly important, is far from being the most important point in which the two proceedings differ from each other. That which distinguishes the SPOT TISWOoDE subscription from all others—that which stamps it with an unconstitutional and even criminal character—is this, that it is raised for the purpose of supporting election petitions bottomed in premeditated fraud, and got up, not to try the merits of the returns Petitioned against, but to bear down opposition by the weight of the joint-stock purse of a party. It is this atrocious principle which communicates an indelible stain to the SPOTTISWOODE subscription, and reflects disgrace upon all who aid and abet it. We are not speak ing at random. The pages of the Tory press bear testi- We begin to suspect the orthodoxy of our Contem porary, the Post. To sneer at the inactivity and the habitual drowsiness of the dignitaries of the Estab lished Church, savours strongly of dissent, if not of rank infidelity. Never were we more surprised to find any thing, than we were to discover in an article about the affairs of Canada, which appears in our Contem porary of this morning, the annexed careful enumera tion of the qualities non-requisite to a distinguished Church dignitary. The worst feature in this attack upon the drowsy drones of the Establishment is its covertness—the Post, evidently insinuating that any old woman would make a respectable Prebend, Pluralist, or even Bishop : Perhaps Lord Glenelg never read the despatches. There is no amount of sleepy indolence in that Minister which would surprise us. When he was Secretary in Ireland he let every thing go to ruin through sheer neglect, and we cannot help thinking that the state of affairs in Canada will turn out to be in great measure owing to a similar failing. Lord Glenelg, we are aware, is far from being destitute of mental capacity. He might have made a tolerable Prebendary, and if he could have spared so much time from slumber, have written tole rable books ; but for aetive business—for anything that re quirei energy, promptitude, decision—he is manifestly no more fit than one of Lord Spencer's oxen would be to run a race at Newmarket." To make a Church dignitary—and a very respectable one too—the Post distinctly admits that energy, promptitude, decision, or even the consciousness of a waking existence, are not essential. Our Contem porary clearly. limits the duties of a waking Church dignitary to the writing of books ; but every body knows that it is at the option Df Churchmen to write books or to let them alone, just as they please ; and it must be allowed than when they wake for such a pur pose, it is only to set the world sleeping around them. It is some consolation to know that the infirmities urged by the Tories against the Noble Colonial Secre tary are so many qualifications for a mitre. To dose in lawn is, according to our Contemporary, orthodox in the highest degree. To lose Ireland "by sheer neglect" is only culpable in a Secretary of State ; for when a Bishop falls asleep he only sets a good example to his flock. We would feel obliged to our Contemporary, who must be deep in the secrets of the Tory elect, were he to find a suitable sleeping partner fur the drowsy Colonial Secretary. Is there no relict of an Archbishop desirous of re-entering upon a state of somnolency ? The Paris Journals of Wednesday, with advices from Madrid of the Ist inst. have been received this morning. Their contents continue to be very unim portant. The debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the Address has hitherto been as drowsy as it is pos sible to conceive. M. HAS vita, of the Gauche, de livered a long speech on Wednesday, only equalled in dulness by St. ANDREW AGNEW'S celebrated orations on his own Sabbath Starvation Bills. The only remark able circumstance connected with the debate, is the avowal, by M. JAUBERT, of a determination on the part of the Doctrinnaires to support the present Ca binet. This secures to Ministers about sixty addi tional votes, and will have the effect of preserving the Doctrinaires from destruction—for the rejection of thirty-nine members of that body at the last election sufficiently proved the want of any sympathy for them in the majority of the electoral colleges. The follow ing are extracts from the journals : The Sentinelle des Pyrenees, of the 6th, says that the Carlist expedition of Garcia, after passing the Ebro, has stopped at Manilla. As soon as it was known that it had passed the river, three battalions of infantry and 300 horse, of the Queen's troops, went to meet it. Don Basilio Garcia set out on the 4th. The soldiers of Don Basilio received a month's pay before they passed the Ebro, and the officers a third. Don Carlos was expected to arrive at Estella on the sth. A letter from St. Jean Pied du Port says, that Quinones has applied to the French Authorities for permission to pass through the French territory with his treops, in order to pro ceed to Jaca, and thence to Pampeluna. This Chief is ap prehensive of beim, surprised by some Carli s t b a tt a li ons if he proceed to Pampeluna by the direct route.—Le Commerce. The Siecle states that subscriptions are being organised in several towns of France for the parpose of enlisting French volunteers fur Canada. The following letter from Madrid, dated Ist instant, is from the correspondence of the Constitutionnel:—" M. Calatrava, and M. Martinez de la Rosa have bad an interview at the residence of General Castanos; but, instead of coming to an understanding as to the intervention and conduct of France, they parted in great anger. Both are about to publish me morials, which, no doubt, will make known the state of the question between them.• The Royal printing-office is closely guarded by sentinels, and for these last two days no one is permitted to enter cr conic out. It is said that the men are engaged in printing a long manifesto by the Count d'Ofala on the new order of things intended to be imposed on Spain. Some persons, however, affirm that they are bringing out the project of a convention, which Don Carlos, under the advice of France and England, has declared his willingness to sign, and one of the articles of which stipulates for a marriage be tween his son and Hueen Isabella." A letter of the 31st ult. from Tudela, quoted by the Senti nelle des Pyrenees, observes that there are three parties amongst the Carlists, basing each their colour—the berrels blancs, the herrets bleus, and the berrets rouges. The first are freemasons, the second belong to the juste milieu, and the last are tho genuine Royalists. The same Journal publishes a letter of the 3th instant from the frontier, stating that, by order of Garcia, the Carlist Commandant-General of Na varre, two flying parties of 100 men had been placed on the roads nearest to Pampluna, to prevent all importations, and that the goods stopped were to be divided between these troops and the Junta of Navarre. 200 men intercepted all commu nications with Pampeluna, although there were 4,000 infantry and 200 cavalry in the place. Garcia's soldiers had received a month's pay before passing the Ebro, and the officers one third. FRENCH FUNDS—Pm/it., JAN. 10. Pive per Cents., 1 St tic. 109 f. Four per Cents., Nit. :we. title. liree„Der Cents., 79f. 15e. 21 , c. 25e. 40e. Bank Actions, 2,fihof. 2,540 f. 2,600 f, Dente 'le Naples, 1181: 5c 10c. Vo, Roman Five per Cents., 101 1005 i, Spanish Actives, 204%. Spanish Passives, 4%. Ltelyisn Loan, Five per Cents, 103%, Belgian Bank, 1,49411 f. 1,492 f. 5 c. 1,45 f. 1,490 f. Portwuese !man, Three per Cents. 18. Hayttan Loan, 3,12 f. 5Vc. 395 f, kiXCHANOR ON LuNnoN. o.e month, paper, —c ; money, 25r. 471,4 e "I'f.ree months, paper, 251 money, 2.5 t. 31. 1 ,4 e. LAS I' PRICES. Five per Cents. 10,1 f. 20c. Three per Cents. 791. 50c. Bank Actions, '2,60 !f. Romans ' 100%. Belgian Loan, 103%. Belgian Bank, 1,4951. Portuguese Three per Cents., 19!4. Spanish Actives, 21. Spanish Passives, , St. Haytian Loan, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1,38. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in the Court at Westminster and took appeals. ?RICE V. DENTIICRST. Mr. IlVion rlsumed his argument in this appeal from the decision of the Vise-Chancellor, which he commenced yester day, and had not concluded when our Reporter left. ROLLS' COURT-(THIS DAY). This was the first general petition day in term, and the MASTER Of the ROLLS was occupied the greater part of the morning in hearing those petitions that were unopposed. ORCHARD V. TAYLOR. It appeared from the statement of the petition in this ease, presented by the Rev. Samuel Littlewood, curate of Edington, uI Wilts, that a grant, by letters patent, of the reetory and church of Edington in Wilts, with the rights and appurtenances thereunto, was made by Queen Elizabeth, in the third year of her reign, to the Marquis of Winchester, in consideration of the aunt of 1,805/. 163. 2d. The rectory extended to the clear annual value of 24/. 195. 10Id. to be held in capite, by the service of one hundredth part of a knight's fee, in lieu of all ser vices, except 11. 3s. 4d. to the See of Salisbury, and 71. 6:4. Bd. for the stipend of two chaplains for serving the cure of the church. Since the granting of the letters patent, the service of the cure had been performed by a curate nominated by the owners of the impropriate rectory, who had been paid by , them a larger stipend than the 71. 6s. Bd. The petition fur ther stated, that some time prior to the year 1750, the annual sum of 301. had been paid, and the impropriate rectory having in 1750 became vested in the Duke of Bolton, he paid the Curate the same annual sum. In 1820 the Rectory became vested in Mrs. Taylor, the wife of George Watson Taylor. After the death of the Duke of Bolton, the annual stipend of 30/. was paid to the Curate, together with a further annual sum of ten guineas in lieu of a residence, and up to 1826 the annual stipend of forty pounds was paid to the (':rate by Mr. and Mrs. Watson. The Curacy had been augmented by the Governors of Queen Anne's bounty, by 1401., the interest of which 471. 45. 6d. was paid by them to the Curate. In September, 1826, Mr. Little wood, the petitioner, was appointed to the curacy, when Mr. Taylor agreed to make the stipend equal to 2001. a-year. Mr. Taylor having become embarrassed in the year, 1831 ; left his residence in Edington, and from that time, nothing had been paid to the petitioner, except the annual sum of 471. 4s. 6d. by the Governor of Queen Anne's Bounty, and the surplus fees amounting to about 81. In March, 1830, an order was m de in the cause, referring it to the Master to ap point a receiver. A Receiver was appointed, who has since that time been in possession of the profits of the Rectory, but who has made no payment to Mr. Littlewood on account of his stipend, and still refused to do so. The petitioner there fore prayed that the receiver might be directed to pay him the arrears of the annual sum of 140/., which had occurred since the Ist September, 1831.. Mr. SHARPE, who appeared for the petitioner, thought as there was some difficulty about the case, the better way would be for his client to take a reference to the Master, to inquire what stipend ought to be paid to him as Curate, with liberty to state special circumstances. The MASTER of the Rom.s—You may take that order. HONETWOOD V. POCTRR. Mr. SIDEBOTTOM appeared in support of the petition of William Honey wood, an infant and tenant-in-tail of certain large estates. The petition prayed for the confirmation of two reports made by the Master, in pursuance of certain orders made in the year 1836, one of which directed an inquiry, whether any increase should be made in the allowance to the petitioner. The infant had had 2301. a year allowed him for maintenance, but, during the last half year, a dis order in his ear rendered it necessary that he should be brought to London, from his school, in order that he might have proper assistance. The expense of that amounted to 18W. The Master found that that sum was pro perly laid out, and it was therefore proposed to add it to the half-yearly payments, and hand it over to his mother, who had been appointed guardian. The Master, by his report, also found it would be expedient that the infant should be re moved from the private school at which he was at present, to the school at Harrow, the expense of which would be 1701. It was therefore proposed that the allowance to the infant should be increased from 230/. to 4001. The other report was made in pursuance of an order to ascertain whether there was any timber fit to be cut, and the Master found there was. This last reference had been made under the 64th General Order of the Court of 1828, relative to the management of estates by receivers. The MASTER of the ROLLS confirmed the first part of the Report as to the increase of the allowance, but his Lordship refused to confirm the latter part, being of opinion that an au thority to a Receiver to " manage" did not authorise the felling of timber, which might havo been planted for shelter or ornament. Mr. SIDEBOTTOM thought he could find a case in which that construction had been put in the Order. The NIASTRR of the ROLLS said that he himself had never gone to that extent. He thought it would be a large con struction of the word 'management to say, that it authuriied the cutting down of timber to the extent proposed. His LORDSHIP then gave Mr. Sidebottom leave to mention the case again, should he find an authority supporting this part of the prayer of the petition. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) BLL ICE V. GOODSON. His HoNouß the Vice-Chancellor gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued before him some time hick. The case came before the Court upon a demurrer filed to the bill of the plaintiff fur multifariousness end want of equity. The bill was filed for the purpose of having an account of certain transactions that had taken place between the the defendant, Sir William Young, and several other parties • in the Bill tlee different transactions had been mi xed up, and on tat ground the demurrer bid been filed. His Honour, after going at considerable length into the different transactions, stater his opinion to be, after the 11%6;4 mature consideration of the case, that the demurrer ought to be allowed fur multifariousness. Demurrer allowed. ;t1 C s ` Ot, Zriebt JONES V. JONES. His HONOUR also gave judgment in the case which came before the Courts upon exception to the Master's Report, re lative to the priority of certain mortgages upon an e state in Carmarthen. His Honour ordered the allowance of the ex ceptions, and the case was ordered to stand in the paper to be heard upon further directions on Tusday next. WOODRUFFE V. DANIEL. His Hos ot:a also gate judgment in this case, which came before the Court some time since, upon motion to dissolve an injunction restraining- procee !ins in an action at law. His Honour slid in his opinion it was quite impossible for the action that had been brought to go on, or fur any other action to be com menced in order to determine the question between the parties. The injunction, therefore, must be continued ; at the same time, if the parties, who fancied that they had a legal title thought they would be prejudiced in their action by the lapse of rea sonable time, his Honour would allow them to apply to have such a modification of the injunction as circumstances might require. The cause, therefore, must be allowed. The COURT then proceeded with motions. QUEEN'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) KENSINGTON CIIURCII-SLATES.-CHESTIIITON AND ANOTHER. V. PAIRTCLOUGH. Sir W. FOLLETT appeared to show cause against a rule obtained last term by Mr. C r es swe ll, f or a pro hibit i on, to stay proceedings before the J u di c i a l C omm i ttee of t h e Privy Council. The facts of the case were briefly these ;-__A Church rate was made for the Parish of Kensington, on the 28th June, 1833, in the vestry-room of the parish Church by the Church vFs wardens, Overseers of the Poor, and P ar i s hi oners i n try assembled ; and it was to raise a sum o f 1,4451., for repairing cleansing, &c. the parish church, and for indernnifyirig the churchwardens for all expens es th e y h a d b een put to , in the execution of their duty. That rate was for the year, from Lady-day, 1833, to Lady-day, 1834. An appeal had been made against that rate by the defendant, when it was alleged, that the rate, or a portion of it, was intended to be applied to the payment of deLts incurred by the churchwardens, in the preceding year, and being retrospective, was therefore illegal• It was answered on behalf of the churchwardens, that the pa rishioners had agreed to pay certain expenses incurred by the churchwardens, respecting the parish church, that the fact was known and communicated to all the parishion ers in vestry assembled, and that they consented thereto. The question came before Dr. Lushington, and ho was of opinion, on the admission of that allegation, that the rate was intended to apply retrospectively, that the rato was illegal, and rejected the article tendered on behalf of the churchwardens, The churchwardens then appealed to the Judge of the Arches Court, Sir Herbert Jenner, and that Learned Judge taking a different view of the case dismissed the allegation proved. An appeal was then made by the parties moving the present prohibition, to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council against the last judgment. That appeal was lodged at the instance of the defendant, and was now before that Court, although no steps had yet been taken i n t h e case. The simple question then for their Lordship s was, h ad the Judi cial Committee of the Privy Council jurisdiction to en quire into the validity of a Church.rate ? Had it autho rity to reverse the judgment of Sir H er b ert J enner? and if so, how could their Lordships grant the prohibition prayed for ? Nothing was more probable than that that Court would revise the judgment of the Arches Court, as it bad power to do, end if so why should the defendant apply to their Lordships at all, The Learned Gentleman here re ferred to the Act 2d and 3d Will. IV., chap. 92, which gave the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council authority, as a Court of Appeal in matters of ecclesiastical jurisdiction, and submitted that no ground had been made out for the interfer ence of that Court. Mr. CREawELL (with whom was Mr. HENDHnsoN) was heard in E. uppert of the rule. There were only t wo points for the consideration of the Court in the preliminary objection taken by his Learned Friend. The first was, whether Mr. Pairtelotigh was precluded by having applied to the Judicial Cornmitt& of the Privy Council, from applying to their Lord ships for a prohibition. Now, he need only mention the case of " Cousins v. Derby," and several others, to convince their Lordships that the defendant had the right to do so. The next point was, whether the position of the ea.° before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was such as to entitle the defendant to the interference of their Lord ships, and the affidavit of Mr. Fairtclough was conclusive upon that point, as it set forth that the appeal was now pending before that Court. Upon these grounds, he con cluded that the rule should be made abosolute, The CounT was of opinion that the objection which bad bee, taken to the rule must be held valid. Assuming that the Judicial Committee of the Pa ivy Council was an Eceles , asti. cal Court of Appeal, they must assume further, that at pre sont it had cognizance of the case, and would decide upon it according to law. There was nothing- upon which they could come to the decision that the prohil,ition ought to go, and the rule, therefore, must be discharged.—Rule discharged. THE KING V. THE CORPORATION OF TOOLE. Sir W. FOLLETT appeared to shew cause against a rule which had been obtained in this case for a mandamus directed to the Mayor and Aldermen of the borough of Poole, and commanding them to execute a bond under the common seal of the Corporation, to pay to Francis Edwards a sum of 421. 9a. 10d. per annum out of the funds of the Corporation, as compensation for an office of profit from which he had been removed under the provisions of an Act of Parliament —the Municipal Corporation Act. It appeared that Mr. Edwards had been appointed to the office of Collector of Duties upon certain goods and merchandise imported into the borougis of Poole. Mr. Edwards had held the office from the 3d December, 1834, till the 15th January, 1836, when he was removed by order of the new Town Council. A memorial had been addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, and they decided that Mr. Edwardswas entitled to compen sation. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to cite several sections of the Municipal Act, for the purpose of showing that the Town Council were not entitled to apply any portion of the funds of the Corporation for such a purpose, and that they had no power to do so. The ATTORNEY-GENKRAL and Mr. BINGHAM were heard in support of the rule. The COURT said it would look into the local Act to which reference had been made, and pronounce its judgment on a future day. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) Ssme motions merely of form, and presenting no matter of interest, having been disposed of, the Court rose soon after 11 o'clock. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) AN INCORRIGIBLE YOUTIL—John Smith, a young boy, was charged with committing the following impudent robbery : It appeared from the statement of Henry Long, of King street, Seven Dials, that, as the prisoner was passing by his shop last night he took a fancy to a piece of pork, weighing 51b., which lay on the window fur sale, and snatching it up scampered away with it, but hearing the cry of " Stop thief," close to his heels, he threw the "swag" into a cellar which happened to lie open in his way, and in so doing he over balanced himself, and fell in after it. On enquiring who he was at the Station-house, it was ascertained that the prisoner had only a few days before been discharged from the House of Correction. The prisoner said his father had gone to fight in the ser vice of the Queen of Spain, and he had no friends. Mr. TWYFORD ordered the prisoner to be fully committed for trial, in the hope that the Court would take his case into consideration. " Snips" is TROUBLZ.—A master-tailor and his man, named Palmer TVebber and Edward Curtis, were charged by 101 1' division, who stated that while he was passing down Holborn last night at 12 o'clock, accompanied by Inspector Mullins, they heard a cry of " Murder !" proceed from a house in Redeross-street, and on ;going up stairs, they heard a woman roaring to be set at liberty from the room. They de manded admittance, but were refused, and after some difficulty forced the door open, when the prisoners were found sitting perfectly naked at the fire. Having sent the woman away, they took the prisoners, who were very drunk, into custody, and the prisoner Webber was so obstinate and unmanageable, that he was taken to the station-house in a state of nudity ; and on going down stairs, he assaulted the complainant with the Ilre-shovel, and the other prisoner attempted to rescue him. Inspector Mullins corroborated the statement of the com plainant. The prisoners said the house in question was their lodging, and they could not find the key of the door to allow the female to go away. Mr. TWYPORD ordered Webber to pay a fine of 10s. and his companion 55., which they instantly " forked" out, and they were set at liberty. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL. JAN. IL—Wind N. W., thick frosty haze.—Came down the river and proceeded the British Sovereign, Brown, for Sydney ; Panter, Field, for Jamaica ; Etheldred, Fiood, for Jamaica; Ellen, Sabiston, for Sierra Leone; Exporter, for Marseilles; Dart, Odmiston, for Madeira ; Thistle, Jen kin', for Berbice ; Velocity, Hall, for C. G. Hope ; Gulnare, Watts, for Baltimore; Java, Ford, for Bombay; President, Chadwell, for New- York ; Rambler, Hall, for Cadiz ; Vestal, Croal, for Demerara; Chase, Mitchell, for Cadiz; St. Chris topher, Courts, for St. Thomas; Amity, Glover, for Deme rara; Ann, Palmer, for Jamaica ; Adelaide, Manger, for Teneriffe ; Emeline, Pettingal, for Bermuda ; and Geul Pal mer, Down, for Bombay. PoitTsmotrrit, JAN. 11.—Wind N.N.W.—Sailed the Lord John Rus-ell, Ritchie, Shields ; Jean, Loney, Sunderland. PLYttouTti, JAN. 10 and 11.—Wind N. E. —Arrived her Majesty's ship Tyne ; from Portsmouth ' • the Royal William (steamer), from Dublin ; the Active, from Newfoundland. Sailed, the Seal, Marshfield, from Poole ; and the Eliza, for London. FALMOUTH, .JAN. 10.—Wind N.E., breezes.—Arrived the Richard Ann, Way, from London. Sailed the L'Unicorn, Dujanel, fur Croisie ; the Westminster, More, fur London ; and the Native, Coysh, for Plymouth, Cowlts, JAN. 11.—Wind N. N. \V.—Arrived the Mllick, Ford, from Demerara. Sailed the Theodore, Cobcrt, for Martinique. The Howard, Flor, reported yesterday as having been on shore leaky, is come into this harbour this morning to discharge her cargo to be docked ; the Intrepid, bound to Vera Cruz, out 3S days, was spoken on the 27th Nov. last, in lat. 17.20., long. 60. 57., by the Afflick, Ford, arrived here. POOLE. JAN. 11.—Arrived the Louisa, Hannah, Bid, from Newfoundland. DUBLIN, JAN. 10.—Arrived the Blundell, Broadway, from London. WATiaroRD, JAN. 9.—Arrived the Sultan, Read, and Wil. Liam Penn, steamer, from London. CORK,JAN. 9 —Arrived the Adelaide, Godfrey, from London. L I MERICK, JAN. 0.-Arrived the Limerick Lass, from Lon. The Anna, Mitchell, from \Vhitchaven, put into Dublin leaky, bound to Toulon. The Louise Adelaide, from Copenhagen, put into Ramsgate leaky, having been on shore, bound to Barcelona. MARKETS.-(THIS DAY ) CORN EXCHANGE. There aro this week fair arrivals of most kinds of Grain, and a large quantity of Flour. The frosty weather continu ing, more money has been demanded for most articles in the Corn trade. Whet and Oats may each be reported Is. per quarter higher than Monday, and other Gram unaltered. Very little business has been trametcd to-day, on account of the foggy state of the weather. There is rather more demand for Flour, and higher prices are required. A liftl VALS. Wheat. Earley. Oats. 1 Fine Engiish Irish Foreign 336 SNIITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. Supply firm—demand rathar slacker. The very cold wea ther has injured trade. Best Beef maintained its price ; mid dlin: quality rather lower. Mutton was a trifle lower ; Veal sold high ; Pork dull, but not lower. ERICRS TEE STONE OF SIMS. TO SINK TUE oFr.tts. s. tst.d. Interior Beasts.. Secon4 quality dicta...... 2 8 3 2 Second quality ditto 3 4 3 6 Prime large 0xen......... 3 6 3l* Coarve.woolleri ditto 310 4 0 r , inie Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves 4 6 5 0 Letge hogs g a 4 rrlme small ditto ..... i 3 Small Porkers 5 0 JI 4 33elding Calves sash ...I6 a 33 e I (,2tiarter old Pig ,each 51 SIJI?LY AT MARKET. /lusts. I Sheep. I Calve I Pigs 422 2,004 369 NRWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, Isy the Carcass. s d. to, d s dto a. Beef. Inf,rior 2 8 rl 10 Mutton, inferior 3 4 5 6 middling 0 3 4 ---- middling 3 8 810 prune large prime saiall 3 5 .2 10 Park, large S 2 4 4 "'sal PROVISION MARKET. Although every day this market becomes firmer, when we left it to-day we could not learn that prices were altered front yesterday. HOP MARKET. Very little indeed doing in Hops to-day, and prices unnl tercd since Monday. TALLOW MARKET. P. Y. C. to day is 48s. 6d., but not selling extensively owing to the high price. METAL MARKET. This department of business is dull, but not lower, for Iron, Lead, Tin, and Copper. Spelter, 151. 55., to 15/.. 10s, COLONIAL MARKETS. The fire at the Royal Exchange, which has dispersed so many individuals, and the dense fog which actually prevents parties from that distinction of samples which is necessary to business, cause the operations in these great departments of business to be very limited. To-day we had public sales advertised of small parcels of Foreign Sugar, one rather large of Bengal, and a small one of Mauritius. Some Coffee, both Brazil and B. P., the former rather large, and the latter small, and some Spices. These are the principal. Cassia Lignea and Pepper and Pimento are looking up in price, and so is Rice. Rum is firm. But the tendency of Sugar, and Coffee, where prices vary, is downwards. When we left the market the sales were progressing heavily. B. P. Sugar was quoted at from 60s. for brown, up to 645. 6d. for g ood yellow to 655. 665. ; for fine Mauritius 545. to 663. ac cording to quality, and Bengal from 50s. to 675. 6d. Refined Sugar a little better than nominal. Coffee, British Plantation from 78s. to 102 e. for good and fine ordinary 109 s. to 1245. for good middling to fine. Brazil 345. to 465. according to quality. Cocoa—West India according to kind, 40s. to 553. Pepper, 4d, to ;Sid, Cassia Lignea, 575. to 60s. Canadian produce, such as Ashes, Timber, and Tnrpontioe, are higher, and begin to move a little. We hear that Lloyd's will for the proaent held at the London Tavern. The Ex change of Merchants in On eyenina is held at Guildhall. LIVERPOOL CQTTQI MIS4K4T ? 44ki : Only it mogerato demand was experienced for Cotto;1 4t this day's market, ttre pales r.ot exceeding 2,509 bags, for which, however, late rates were pbtaipcd. There still exists a considerable degree of confidence amongst holders. Ninpty Egyptian, 9d. ; 150 Maranham, Bd. to 101 ; 230 Pun*, 91d. to VV. ; 40 51414, aid. ; 40 Bahia, 8 d. ; 2,040 Alpe, rican, Od, D.ESTRUCTION EY FIRE OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. FURTHER PARTICULARS. FOUR O'CLOCK. The crowd which throughout the day had been immense, has now received a great accession, in consequence of the shutting up of public offices and merchants' counting houses, the clerks of the latter being very naturally anxious to see the remains of those offiees in which they have trans acted so much business. The fire has not yet been extin guished, and the firemen still continue their Very laborious exertions ; still, however, as they succeeded in putting out the flames in one spot, they burst out afresh in another. These are, we are happy to shy, very trifling alarms, and none of them have the slightest tendency to endanger other premises. It may be a curious fact to be known to some of our speculative readers, that the dial of the clock to wards the north (the Bank side) stands at 25 minutes past one o'clock, while the opposite dial (or south) stands at five minutes past two—we suppose indicating the exact time at which the devouring element reached them respectively. We have just heard from a gentleman who was on the spot during the whole of the inclement night, that a poor man lost his life from the falling of the vane at the north west corner of the building. The Guildhall has now closed. It has been very spar ingly used by mercantile men. The greater part of the business has been transacted in the great Coffee-houses, which have been thrown open on the present occasion. FIVE O'CLOCK. Darkness having now set in, the firemen are as busy as ever, because they now see plainly where their exer tions are most wanted. The fire rages all over the place amongst the ruins, and the portico in Cornhill, which before had partially escaped, is now entirely gutted. The only part :which has the appearance of entireness in the• slightest degree is the shop of Mr. Effingham Wilson. Mr. Alderman Copland, who has been most indefa tigable all day, has just put on his evening dress, in order by his presence to give regularity to the proceedings of the police and firemen. Hisconduct has been above all praise. It is a curious spectacle to see the fire raging, while in many places the icicles are hanging from the windows, and that side of the building in Sweeting's-alley is one entire mass of of ice. The firemen are now as they used to be, also watermen, as they are literally working above their ancles in water. While we write there is a van loaded from the Sun Fire-office with books and papers belonging to that Establishment, although from our observation we should confidently say that there is no ground for any apprehension of an extension of the calamity. It is as yet totally impossible to say what property has been destroyed, in fact, any attempt at an estimate now would prove per fectly fallacious. We have not heard of any further accident. The firemen, after a night of the most arduous exertion, were quite exhausted, and many of them were obliged to go home and obtain refreshment and rest. Their coats were a mass of ice, and some of them dropped down from fatigue and the effects of cold. The ruins of the Ex change emitted a dense volume of smoke, intermingled with fiery particles, during the day, which was carried by the wind over Lombard-street and the southern part of the City, darkening the atmosphere to a considerable extent. The weather was very severe, and the large icicles hang ing from the lofty tower, and on the exterior walls, excited considerable attention. During the fire, the bridges over the Thames were crowded with people, and the flames were distinctly visible at Windsor Castle, a distance of twenty-four miles from Cornhill. An Essex farmer states, that the fire was seen at Thoydon Mount, near Epping, 18 miles from London. On the high lands of Surrey, within 20 miles of the metropolis, the progress of the conflagra tion was observed by the astonished country people, who watched the destruction of th• tower, when the flames ascended that part of the edifice. It was a grand and awful sight, and will not soon be forgotten by those who viewed it. The water from the numerous plugs which were opened rose to such a height, that the cellars and ground floors of a great number of houses and warehouses were over flowed, and caused much damage. DISCOVERY OF TYE FMK. The following account of the discovery of the conflagra tion has been furnished by two watchmen of the Broad street Ward, named White and Whitley. They state that a strong smell of burning prevailed about the neighbour• hood of the Exchange some time before the fire was ac tually seem. The circumstance was made known to the inspector of the ward, who hastened to the spot, and in a few minutes saw the fire raging in Lloyd's coffee-room, commonly known as the captain's room, which is directly • facing the south-east portion of the Bank of England. They then endeavoured to force the gates leading to the ' coffee-room, but without success. About ten minutes after ' the discovery this portion of the Royal Exchange was one mass of fire, and it spread in two directions, east and west, until the whole building was encircled. • One of the most remarkable circumstances connected with the fire at the Royal Exchange is the fact that at twelve o'clock, when the flames had just reached the north west angle of the building, and were rapidly making their way to the tower, the chimes struck up as usual at that hour the old tune " There's nac luck about the house," and continued for five minutes. The effect was extraor dinary, and the tune was distinctly heard. Alas ! it was the last time the silver•toned bells, whose joyful notes in playing at intervals of every three hours " God save the Queen, " Life let us cherish,"" There's nee luck about the house," and on Sundays the old 104th Psalm, have so often gladdened the hearts of the citizens, and amused the frequenters of 'Change, are silent for ever, and are either melted by the intense heat or broken to pieces. The grand peal of twelve bells in the steeple of Spitalfields Church, with similar chimes, were des troyed by fire about three years ago, and,to the disappoint ment of the people of the cast end, have not yet been re stored. The only chimes now existing are those of St. Clement Dimes, in the Strand, on which the old 104th Psalm is played every four hours,and the musical chimes of St. Giles's Church, Cripplegate, and St. Diom's Back church, Fenchurch-street. Formerly a great many churches in London, including St. Margaret's and St. Sepulchre's, had chime-hammers annexed to the bells. The streets leading to the scene of devastation were covered with ice and water yesterday ; notwithstanding, people flocked from all quarters, unmindful of the cold and the wet, to obtain a glimpse of the ruins. In the course of the afternoon two large iron chests, belonging to the Royal Exchange Fire and Life Assurance Company, were dragged out of the ruins into the open street, where they remain. It appeared from what transpired amongst some of the gentle men connected with the Company that the chests contained deeds and documents to an extensive amount, but whether they had sustained any damage from the fire, ivs they were not opened, could not be ascertained. Amongst the valuable articles is a splendid painting which decorated the Gresham Committee-room, and said to be worth 3,0001. An attempt was made to save it by the city watchmen, before the fire had reached that part of the building, but the smoke and intense heat compelled them to make a hasty retreat. The amount of property destroyed in the Royal Ex change is not yet known, but it must be very great. In addition to the losses we mentioned yesterday, wo have to record the following : TIIRRADNEEDLE-STREET, UNDER LLOYD'S ROOMS. Carter and Co., printsellers, consumed. No. 2. Mr. Hodges, totally consumed. No: 3. Mr. —, auctioneer, entirely consumed. No. 4. A large shop, completely burnt down. No. 5. Burrup and Blyght, consumed. No. 6. Forrester and Co., notaries, destroyed, with a quantity of valuable documents. No. 7. Mr. Mitherey, optician, close to the north gate, consumed. The shops, Nos. 7,8, 9, 10, and 11, in the occupation of various persons, are all burnt down, with their contents, and the shop, No. 12, is greatly damaged by fire and water. CONSULTATION AT THE MANSION -HOUSE. Yesterday morning Aldermen Lucas, Pirie, Copeland, Winchester, Sir Peter Laurie, Hurnphery, and Sir Cha p man Marshall, together w:th Sir Moses Montefiore the Sheriff, Mr. Richard Lamb er t J ones, Mr. Corney,' and other influential Members of the Corporation, assembled at the Mansion-house, in order to consult with the Lord Mayor upon the most advisable course of proceeding on the emergency occasioned by the calamitous fire, by which t be to such extensive mischief h as b een occasioned. The Lord Mayor h a d or d ere d the Guildhall to be ap propriated at 'Change hours t andtrad for ers the walk, a nto the o Royal the Exchange, useopen of theirth somerchants use, l o ng as a substitute as it might be required. He understood that the other bodies of mercantile men who used to assemble in the apartments of the late building, were accommodated elsewhere ; and he expressed great anxiety to do every thing in his power to mitigate the dreadful effects of the conflagration. Mr. RICHARD LAMBERT JONES stated that Aldermen Lucas and Sir Peter Laurie had waited upon the governor of the Bank of Eoglar l d to request that the front gates of the Bank should be closed, and that the doors of admission to that establishment from Lothbury and Bartholomew lane should be thrown open for these `kilo lied business to tri4Paef there: It was necessary, to adopt such a sepi a _ tion, as the crowds of inquisitive people and of thieves were increasing to an almost incredible extent. The Go vernor of the E itßifintly gave the necessary directions, and the arrangement was productive of the greatest con venience to those employed in the ruins, and eomplete secul I c ity to the propertl of the ighAbitssnts of the neighbourhood. Several merchants stated to his Lordship that the inha bitants of Cornhili were very apprehensive that the Royal Exchange tower, which stands immediately opposite to the noble building of the Marine Insurance Company, would fell into the street, and their fears were increased by the statement made by some scientific men, that it had per ceptibly deviated from its perpendicular position. Mr. SMITH, the surveyor, whom the Lord Mayor had some time before sent to examine the tower and the walls, which are still standing, arrived at the moment, and in formed his Lordship that the tower was quite secure, for he knew the foundation to be excellent, and the fire had had no effect upon the superstructure. This statement gave a great deal of satisfaction, and the Aldermen, with great alacrity, communicated the fact them selves to the inhabitants. Alderman COPELAND expressed a fear that the police, after the extraordinary toils of the night, would not be able without very great assistance, to perform the laborious du ties which were fast increasing upon them, and suggested the propriety of sending for a couple of hundred of the me tropolitan police. _ _ His Lordship decided upon issuing the precept, and Alderman Copeland, Deputy. Conley, and others of the city authorities, personally gathered together a large body of con tables in aid of those who generally act in the city as members of the police. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.—(THIS DAY.) The danger that existed yesterday in securing the tot tering ruins, and from the threatened falling of the steeple of the Exchange, has been in no inconsiderable degree increased by the extremely dense fog that came over the City this morning. There are employed several builders, and numerous labourers and bricklayers, in going over the ruins. The Committee of Lloyd's, met this morning at Mr, Bleaden's, the London Tavern, and a meeting was held on the subject of the conflagration, but as it was private, the reporter could not obtain what transpired. It is stated that the Committee themselves, do not yet know to what extent their loss of papers amount. A gentleman connected with the establishment, informed us, that it was hoped the whole of the papers and documents that were deposited in the reading-. room were saved, but many that were in the Secretary's, it is feared, are completely destroyed. The papers, &e., that have been recovered, still remain at the Mansion- House, the Guildhall, St. Bartholomew's Church, and other places where they were ut first deposited. Soon after twelve o'clock the fog partially cleared off, and the workmen were enabled to re-double their exertions. Up to this time the various Coffee-house s in tho neighbourhood are lit up with gas. We arc informed upon respectable authority, that the Rocket Brigade of the Artillery from Woolwich will attend the Exchange in the course of this afternoon, to report and decide upon the expediency of blowing up the tower or steeple. The statement has created much alarm to the inhabitants in the neighbourhood, as it is feared the explosion of this ponderous building will scatter its huge fragments around the vicinity. The safety-vaults under the Exchange, which are now covered with immense heaps of ruins, and which contain the account-books, and other valuable documentary property belonging to most of the London bankers, it *as hoped had escaped damage, but, unfortunately, we learn to.day, that there was not less than four feet of water in them, which was being pumped out as fast as circumstances would permit. The shops in the neighbour hood are closed and business still continues at a dead stand-still. Workmen are now very busy shoring up all the outside walls. The firemen amd owners of property which may be among the ruins, do not seem to consider them unsafe, as they have been all day busily engaged with pickaxe and shovel, searching for anything useful or valu able which may have escaped. A great number of safes have been recovered to-day, some of them dug out of the ruins, and others taken from the walls. The firemen are still obliged to keep the engines going as the fire still burns in many parts. public are now admitted to pass if they have any business to transact within the barriers. ANOTHER FIRE. We are sorry to announce that a fir• broke out this morning about 3 o'clock in the large mansion which was being fitted up for the residence of Earl Cowper, at the corner of South Audley-street. The house was nearly fi nished ; the workmen were to leave in the course of the next week. The fire broke out in the front parlour on the first floor, and has destroyed all above—the roof being totally burned. The engines soon arrived ; and the fire, though it consumed the house, fortunately, was con fined to it alone, and was soon got under. It was sup posed to have broken out in the flue. We believe the premises were insured. There, fortunately, was no furni ture on the premises. CA NA DA.—A gentleman of Winchester received a letter from Brockville, Upper Canada, a few days since, in which it is stated that, immediately it was known that an in surrection was seriously meditated, the cavalry of the county of Leeds volunteered their services to assist their brethren in the lower province, and the young men of Brockville flew to to arms, declaring their willingness to march to any part of the British American provinces. Many of the old inhabitants who were forni9r:y classed among the opponents of Govern ment, have openly declared their abhorrence of rebellion, and expressed their determination to maintain, even to death, the Constitution of the colonies, and the integrity of the empire. A public meeting of the Reformers of Liverpool will be held in the Music Hall to-morrow evening, for the pur pose of adopting resolutions in favour of the Ballot, the Ex tension of the Suffrage, and the introduction of Sir John Cam Hothouse's Bill into Liverpool.--Liverpool Chronicle of Wednesday. The frost appears to have set in at Paris and Brus sels at the same time as in London —namely, during the night between Sunday and Monday. On Tuesday, at Brussels, th e thermometer stood at ton degrees below zero of Reaumur. Yesterday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, a youth, between ten and eleven years ofage, the son of a gen tleman, named Bodden, residing at Barnsbury-terrace, ton, ventured on the ice on the Regent's Canal, and in at tempting to pass under one of the bridges the ice gave way, and he immediately sank and was drowned, DINNER To MR. O'CONNELL IN LONDON.—We understand that the arrangements for the public dinner about to be gven to Mr. O'Connell by the friends of Ireland resi dent in London arc in very active preparation, and more than fifty gentlemen have already enrolled their names as stewards. General Evans, who takes an active interest in the details of the coming festival, has been invited to preside, and has, we believe, tteeepted the invitation, Among the stewards we have heard the names of Mr. Archbold, Sir Lowther Chapman, Mr. Dennistoun, Mr. Hume, Mr. Lynch, Mr. W. H. Mauls, Mr. Vigors, Mr, Ashton Yates, and several other Members of Par liament ; also Dr. Carpue, Sir Robert Sydney, Alexander Galloway, Henry Barnewell, Jesse Starch, Esqrs., and many other gentlemen of high character and respectability, whose sympathy with the general policy of Mr. O'Connell, or hose admiration of his uncompromising patriotism and exalted talents, have impelled them to come forward and proffer their names, and new candidates for the office of Steward are daily emulating their example. It is understood that the dinner will take place on Saturday, February 1 ith, at the Crown and Anchor 1 avers, where, we believe, communications are re ceived for the O'Connell Dinner Committee. The meeting will, we are sure, be numerously attended; and it is much to be regretted that in the great metropolis of England the faci lities for the adequate expression of popular feeling, on occa sions like the present, arc so little commensurate with the growing spirit of the times. The large room of the Crown and Anchor Tavern (and we believe it is the largest in Lon don) will not conveniently accommodate more than 400 per sons ; and we understand that it is the determination of the Committee of Maaagement to limit the issue of dinner tickets► ti that number. REVIIRSE OF FORTUNE.--Yesterday evening an inquest was held at the Rosa and Crown, Princess -street, Bar bican, before Mr. Payne and a respectable jury, on view of the body of Mr. Thomas Randall, aged 78, whose death oc curred under very distressing circumstances. It appeared, from the evidence, that the deceased, s%ho was a gentleman by birth and education, had formerly been in effluence, but in consequence of the loss of immense property through specula tions, he was under the necessity of engaging himself al tutor in a Nobleman's family. In subsequent years, the unfortunate man was reduced to extreme indigence. A few ne nths before his death, he lived at No. 7, Moor lane, where he obtained a scanty subsistence by giving evening instruction. °King, however, to very ill health , attendant upon his advanced age, he was unable to sue his avocation. The poor old man then removed to a mi serable attic in Brackley-street, Golden-lane, St. Luke's, at 3 weekly rent of Is. 6d. II 're he underwe n t g rea t privations. there being no furniture whitever in the room, with the ex ception of a few pieces of old cloth, which he covered over him. Oa Sunday he was discovered stretched on the floor a corpse. Some letters and 2s. 7d. were found on hie The former were from a gentleman to whom the deceased h ad formerly been tutor, forwarding a little money coie w as dated the early part of last week, which aeeount_ed for t h e moneY, found on hi s person. I t did not ap.pee:, that the deceased had ever appli e d f or paroc hi a l relief. Verdict—" Died by the vi sitation of God, under very stressing circumstances." A Boy's Nelson once set out on.liorsebaelz, after the Christmas - holydays, with his brother W l l.llstn, who w as a year and a half older than himself, to re turn tO 601100, William, who did n o t muc h lik e l e aving hc'e le, prevailed on hi m to turn back, because there had been a f 2 ll or snow, and h e to l d his father that it was too deep for them .0 venture through it. 'lf that is the case,' said the f a ther, n , shall not i ns i st on your going; but make another trial, and will will l eave i t to your honour. If the road is dangerous , co me , 1,0 back : but remember, boys, I leave it to your honour. 1 a tter snow was d eep enoug h to h ave af f or d e d an excuse, b u t No . r wal, not to be p ersua d e d t o turn b ac k a secon d ti m e. must go on,' said h e; remember, brother, it was left to our honour.' "—Naval Keepsake for 1836, containing a new . 1 / Nelson, bj the Old Sailor.